The 18th World Congress of IFSO took place in Istanbul between 28 - 31 August 2013. Mr. Taşkın said "As you know Istanbul is the only and oldest city in the world built on two continents and has two bridges binding Europe and Asia and formed a new continent called as Eurasia. Also in medical community there is an urgent need for unity to fight for the growing pandemic of obesity."

The Congress is organized by DEKON Group and all logistics & customs services were being delivered by ExpoLOGIST.